SDT strikes off solicitor for registering property for £10,000 below sale price (LF)
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off a solicitor who colluded with his non-solicitor employee wife, an estate agent, to misappropriate £10,000 after submitting to the Land Registry that a […]
Insurance premiums down by up to 20% (LSG)
solicitors buying professional indemnity insurance are enjoying the softest market for years, with quoted premiums down by up to 20%.
New legal firms set to top 1,000 this year (LSG)
More than 1,000 new solicitor firms will be created in 2016, official statistics suggest, a 30% increase on the last two years.
Scrap the SRA and create a single regulator, says LSB (LSG)
Radical plans to create a single legal services regulator and potentially overhaul the title of solicitor are unveiled by the Legal Services Board today.